As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Mika Häkkinen · Ayrton Senna
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
9
—
27
36 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
35
36 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
6
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 3
1991
P1
1992
P4
1993
P2
Teammate battle by season
1
2
1993
Career totals
Mika Häkkinen
Ayrton Senna
Championships
2
3
Wins
20
41
Poles
26
65
Podiums
51
80
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
420
614
Starts
163
161
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mika Häkkinen
Ayrton Senna
Win rate
12.3%
25.5%
Podium rate
31.3%
49.7%
Pole rate
16%
40.4%
Points / start
2.6
3.8
Avg grid
P7.2
P3.1
Avg finish
P9.7
P8.1
Finish rate
65%
68.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Mika Häkkinen
Ayrton Senna
Overtakes
408
0
Overtakes / race
4.3
0.0
Places lost
379
0
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Mika Häkkinen
Ayrton Senna
Mechanical retirements
42
30
Crash retirements
14
20
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 1 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
1991
Debut season
1984
1997 · aged 29
First win
1985 · aged 25
1997
First pole
1985
1998 · aged 30
First title
1988 · aged 28
P1
Best finish
P1
-2.5
Avg places gained
-5.0
Season points trajectory
Mika Häkkinen
Ayrton Senna
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Mika Häkkinen | Ayrton Senna |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 2 · P1 | 6 · 8 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 1 · 2 · P1 6 · 8 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 4 · P1 | 5 · 6 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 1 · 4 · P1 5 · 6 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Hungaroring | 2 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 2 · 2 · P1 3 · 7 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 2 · 6 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 2 · 6 · P1 2 · 4 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 6 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 1 · 3 · P1 3 · 6 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 3 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 2 · P2 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 2 · P2 3 · 5 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 3 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Mika Häkkinen 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Circuito de Jerez | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 1 · 2 · P1 2 · 2 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 2 · 5 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 4 · P2 2 · 5 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 1 · 5 · P1 1 · 3 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 2 · 3 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Mika Häkkinen 2 · 3 · P1 0 · 1 · P2 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Adelaide Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 2 · 3 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 3 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Phoenix street circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 2 · 2 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 0 · P13 2 · 2 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 5 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P6 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 4 · P1 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mika Häkkinen 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Ayrton Senna | ||
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 0 · 3 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 3 · P2 0 · 1 · P3 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P2 Ayrton Senna | ||
| Okayama International Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · — |
| Mika Häkkinen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · — Ayrton Senna | ||
Team history
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).